Vanderbilt coach James Franklin looks downfield against Mississippi on Saturday in Oxford, Miss. Vanderbilt will play host to Tennessee on Saturday.

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Jeff Lockridge
Gannett Tennessee

The wound Vanderbilt coach James Franklin intended to leave open has scabbed over.

Last year Franklin said a tape of Tennessee coach Derek Dooley's post-game speech to his players after the Vols' 27-21 overtime win in Knoxville would lead to plenty of talk prior to the rematch Saturday night in Nashville.

"We'll talk about it next year - a lot," Franklin said in 2011. "We'll talk about it as much as you guys want to talk about it." ...